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+# Gender Isn't Something You Can Make Someone Be (What Should You Say?)
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+What should you say? \
+What should you do? \
+When there are so many people out there \
+Looking up at you \
+\
+I can't stop being so impressive \
+I can't stop being so obscene \
+Showing myself to the whole damn world \
+Making everyone say "that's who I wanna be" \
+\
+It's true that it's scary being "normal" \
+It's true that the journey's quite a drag \
+Queen in the making, I'm celebrating \
+Can't shoot me down in this middle act \
+\
+What should you say? \
+What should you do? \
+When there are so many people out there \
+Looking up at you, I'd say \
+\
+Fuck it, this life is right for me \
+Fuck it, laws can't keep me from being me \
+You wanna get me hiding under my bed \
+Parading colors like it was the national flag \
+\
+It's too hard to be cisgender \
+It's too hard to be unseen \
+I can't hide who I am and that's just \
+What they don't wanna see from me \
+\
+What should you say? \
+What should you do? \
+When there are so many people out there \
+Looking up at you \
+\
+I'm a monster, I'm a scene \
+Cut throat killers, living dreams \
+I'm the topic of the week, committing phrases on the screen \
+\
+No way back to home right now \
+There's nothing safe about the South \
+I'm no predator, but my pen writes bullets shooting from my snout \
+\
+Radical conservatives \
+Can kiss my ass and choke on it \
+Yeah, I'm not normal, but maybe normal's not a word that should persist \
+\
+I'm happy, I'm laughing, I'm living my life \
+You can't stop me when you put me in your sights \
+I'll wave my flag proudly and give you a punch \
+Can not see you liking that treatment too much \
+\
+What should you say? \
+What should you do? \
+When there are so many people out there \
+Looking up at you \
+\
+This is where I'd end the story \
+Somewhere happy and complete \
+But we're just getting started here \
+Don't keep running from your dreams \
+\
+It may seem hopeless to hold on \
+But we're all stronger and they'll see \
+The only things killing trans teens \
+Are bigots yelling in the streets \
+\
+So what should you say? \
+What should you do? \
+When there are so many people out there \
+Looking up at you